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Why you can’t judge a record by its cover — even if it’s full of swastikas

JL;DR SUMMARY Exploring the moral dilemmas around Nazi memorabilia, Olivia Haynie discusses her encounter with a problematic LP featuring Hitler's speeches and Nazi anthems. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish IdentityHolocaust EducationNazi MemorabiliaMoral DilemmaHitler SpeechesHistorical ArtifactsAudio Fidelity RecordsOlivia HaynieSidney Frey

Places mentioned

Berlin, Germany
"Hitler Youth recruits in a Nazi Party parade prior to World War Two, Berlin, Germany, June 12, 1932."
Sedona, Arizona, United States
"It hadnt been my intention to buy a collection of Hitler speeches and Nazi anthems when I walked into a record and book shop in Sedona, Arizona."
New York, United States
"Retired attorney Peter Janovsky chose to donate Hitler Youth medals that had fallen into his possession to the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, where they are used to teach about the Third Reichs indoctrination of German youth."
Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
"The album was exported to West Germany, where it sold well until its sale was effectively banned by a court in Dusseldorf in 1959."
Lansing, Michigan, United States
"Frey told The State Journal, a newspaper in Lansing, Michigan, that the record was intended to illustrate how music can be used as a force for evil as well as good and be a castigation of the Nazi regime."
Washington, Washington DC, United States
"I considered donating the record to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, but they already have one."

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